From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 21 23:50:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 954041065670 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D798FC1B for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NY6n6-0005Mu-Km; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:28 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NY6n5-0001ZW-S4; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:20 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0LNoJ2t056362; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:19 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0LNoJoS056361; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:19 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:19 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, onemda@gmail.com, wblock@wonkity.com Message-ID: <20100121235019.GA56334@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: Subject: SOLVED: WAS: wireless ath - unable to get scan results X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:50:29 -0000 Warren, Paul, many thanks. I somehow missed your emails, just found your replies in on-line archives a hour ago. I got it all working now: HAMOR> ifconfig wlan0 wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:27:19:e1:b7:d9 inet 192.168.1.101 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g status: associated ssid lagartixa channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g) bssid 00:18:39:e6:46:b6 regdomain 32924 country CN indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL HAMOR> One more question if you please: In a firewall (ipfilter in my case) do I also use wlan0 as an interface, and not ath0? many thanks for your help and support as always anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423